Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dan's Toolpost grinder

No, you would have the torque of a 1/2 HP 33000 RPM motor.

HP is basically the product of torque and speed, so if you divide the speed
by 3 and multiply the torque by 3, you still have the same net HP.

P.J. Ritz
Grove City, PA

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Dan's Toolpost grinder


> Seems to me that if you have a 1/2 hp 10k rpm motor and run it through a
3:1
> reduction you now have torque that is more equivalent to a 1-1/2 hp motor.
> If this is so, than the 1/2 hp motor with no reduction will be weak.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]